Secrets in Equestria

Pinkamena ran from her death chamber with the saw blade in her saddle bag. She was going to kill Sunset and make everything better. Lucky for other ponies, there were very few ponies out walking around. If any pony saw her do what she was about to do, Pinkamena would have to kill said ponies. Once she reached the library, she raised her hoof to kick down the door when she heard other voices. Her curiosity got the better of her. Pinkamena looked through the window and saw two other ponies and one was spanking Sunset. Pinkamena guessed that the two other ponies were Sunset’s parents. She listened until they finished talking and screaming.

Seeing what was going on brought Pinkie back. “I’m so sorry Sunset.”

Pinkamena however wasn’t ready to give up. “No, it doesn’t matter, she has to die.”

Pinkie wasn’t going to let her evil self win this time though. “Leave me be you demon, Sunset isn’t perfect but I’m no longer angry at her and you only feed off my anger. YOU WILL LEAVE HER ALONE!” Any pony around shrunk back from Pinkie knowing she was in a Pinkie, Pinkamena argument. It was something that hadn’t happened for years and it usually didn’t mean anything good.

Pinkamena shrugged knowing no matter how strong she got, when Pinkie got like this, there was no controlling her. “Fine for now, but only because I’m not at full strength yet.” With that said, Pinkamena left and her hair turned bright pink and fluffy again. Pinkie wasn’t sure what her evil side meant by full strength and ran back to Sugarcube Corner. It was getting late and she would worry about it later.

Sunset had been sleeping peacefully after the weird nightmare she had, if she could call it a nightmare, when she was rudely awoken by her parents. She had never gotten along with them or her sister for that matter. All three of them were crazy and hard to live with. Even as an adult, she was treated like a child by her parents. She considered herself lucky not to have her sister around. Now as she was woken up, she groaned irritably. “Sunset, don’t give us that tone. Do you need another spanking?”

“No ma’am, sorry ma’am.” Sunset said irritably as she looked straight at her mother.

Glisten paid no mind to her daughters tone this time. She had things to do and no time to deal with her disrespectful daughter. “Good, now your father and I are off to Canterlot for an important meeting. We will return tonight and if you still haven’t given out those tickets, I will give you the spanking of a lifetime. Have I made myself clear?” Sunset nodded. “Also, have a proper room for us when we return.” With that said, Glisten and Shining left with heads held high. As they walked through town toward the train station, ponies all around gave curious and angry stares at them. “Perhaps we should pull our daughter out of this town.” Glisten said noticing the rude ponies all around them.

“I agree whole heartedly dear, we should bring it up with the princess. She is the one that sent our daughter here, with good intentions I’m sure.” Shining said.

“Yes, it would be rude to just pull her out without consulting the princess first.” The two high society ponies were just about to reach the train station when a very pink pony ran over to them and cut them off. “How rude, you awful mare. It’s no wonder our Sunset is even more disrespectful.”

“You two are disgraceful parents. How dare you treat Sunset Shimmer so badly. She is your daughter!” Pinkie stomped her foot on the ground before she felt a sharp pain in her cheek and through her body as she hit the ground seconds later.

“You impudent mare.” Glisten said when she heard a voice behind her getting closer.

“Pinkie Pie!” Rainbow Dash flew over with a white unicorn in tow. “Hey, back off our friend.” Rainbow knocked both ponies to the ground and was about to beat up on both of them when she was pulled back.

“Now Rainbow Dash, don’t be so brash.” The white unicorn said.

“I see not all ponies here are disrespectful wretches. You must be a Canterlot pony at heart dearie?” Glisten asked.

“Yes but I believe we are getting off subject. You did hurt my friend there and her name is Pinkie. Believe me when I say that getting on her bad side will be the death of you. Granted, she is working on her issues but still, it’s best not to aggravate her. My rainbow maned friend here on the other hoof, she is very protective of her friends. Now how about we start over here and apologize to each other hmm?”

“We will not apologize for being attacked.” Shining said as he helped to dust off his wife’s coat.

“Right, but you did hit Pinkie, so how about this. My friends will apologize first and then you can apologize for hitting Pinkie Pie. Is that reasonable?”

Glisten and Shining looked to each other and nodded. “Very well.” The three gave their apologies but only two left. “You are a rather reasonable pony miss, I am sorry, I didn’t get your name.”

“How silly of me, I’m so embarrassed. My name is Rarity.”

“Well Rarity, it was good to have a respectful conversation for the first time since we arrived. My name is Glisten Guard and this is my dear husband Shining Duty. Our daughter Sunset is here in Ponyville and here she comes now. We must be on our way, good day Miss Rarity.” The two continued on their way toward the train station. Everypony with the exception of the professional ponies operating the train, gave the two pony’s disgusted glares or just turned their backs to the two.

Neither Glisten nor Shining cared at all about the looks they were given or lack of looks. They had a job to do and the first job was to convince Princess Celestia that Sunset needed to leave Ponyville. The second job would be a tad bit more difficult and it was to be kept a secret until a later time and or date. Their hope was that everything would fall into place today but the two knew better than to expect things like this to be quick. The hardest part would be to find the right pony, the second hardest anyway. The hardest part would be convincing their daughter to go along with it.

Glisten had grown tired after the first hour of the trip, unfortunately, it only left fifteen minutes of sleep. Instead, she did her best to tolerate the long trip. She had never been one for long trips without having prisoners to watch over. She loved her job as a prison guard; she always got to use her anger effectively while transporting criminals. At least with those trips, something interesting always happened. There were fights a majority of the time but there had been some escape attempts. Those had always been the most amusing for her. Prisoners for some reason thought they could get away. Glisten wouldn’t be able to help but laugh as they tried to take her out. Even other unicorns couldn’t outmatch her. For that reason, she had few unicorn prisoners ever wear a disabling ring.

She considered herself the most powerful unicorn in Equestria. The only one harder to control was her daughter. Sunset always managed to get away from her. Sunset had been the only unicorn she had ever wanted to use a disabling ring on but knew it was unethical. Not only that but it would have been cruel. The only way to control her daughter was to use her full name. It hurt her to do so but her daughter had to learn one way or another. Unfortunately, a good spanking was needed more than she liked and a few slaps she felt were necessary no matter how much it hurt to do so.

Shining Duty had been rather bored on this trip as well. He was so used to delivering criminals to trains, not actually being on one. Granted, this hadn’t been his dream job but he still loved it. He felt like he could protect his family by arresting criminals. Actually, it was his father that wanted him to be a cop. His father always said, “Son, the most important thing is your family, always keep them safe from harm.” Ok so maybe it wasn’t in so many words but Shining, who had a great amount of discipline, was only able to come up with one good way to protect family. He had to be a cop when he got older. Maybe being a cop was his dream job and didn’t recognize it because he really wanted to be a singer. Truth be told, he was never good at singing. He only got his cutie mark because he stopped the robber in his house. It wasn’t until he got his cutie mark that his dream changed and he gave up on singing all together.

Glisten and Shining finally arrived in Canterlot, they were happy to be back for the time being. They said hello to ponies they knew as they headed toward the castle. Once they arrived, they were welcomed in by guards. Glisten and her husband knew their way around and went straight for the Princesses quarters. They gave a light knock and were welcomed in with welcomed hooves. “Princess Celestia, we need to talk.”